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y r. JWufettm 8 Sauamtah 3l6mt SAVA N N AH, —Published on Tuesday and Friday, by POWERS & SEYMOUR, corner op St. Julian Street, opfositkthe Church: where Advert i sir. pieces of Intelligence are gratefully received, and all orders executed with accuracy and punctuality. VOL. I. For NEW-YORK. The faft Sailing /Jpk Brig Apollo, Arch. Crock a tt, Maftcr: WILL be ready for Sea on Sunday next. —For fmali Freight or Passage, having convenient accommodations, ap ply to Johnflon, Robertson & Cos. Who have received by the Apollo, A few Barrels Fresh Superfine FLOUR. APPLE BRANDY,and PRIME BEEF. Savannah, April 19. ni4~2 For Mar lb a-Brae , Jamaica , JTNJN The New SHIP Jmk MOHAWK, Win. Southerland, H AVI N G ele gan t ac coni.n'dations for pafiengers, will fail about the 24th init.—For Freight or passage, apply to the mailer on board, or RICHARD DENNIS. Who wifiies to contract with feme person to deliver him ONE HUN DRED THOUSAND w hite Oak Pipe Staves, During the present Summer. April 12 th, 1796. ni2.4t. FO R S aT~E, At Putnam's WHARF, The Brig f jpd Y MARGARET, | I A Staunch strong Vef A Iviajiyrf Jj fel, about 90 Tons, well calculated lor the Guinea Trade, or the Weft-In dies. For terms, apply to the Captain cn board, or the fubferiber. HENRY PUTNAM. Savannah, March 29. (n3) For Liverpool. The New SHIP MADD ISON, Capt. Hartley, WILL fail about the miudie 01 next month, having part ol her cargo engaged, for Height ol the remainder, or pailage, apply to the mas ter on board, at Smiths Wharf, or to ROBERT BOLTON, Savannah, April 8. (n.u.) Far Freight or Ch. trier, ~<S3k - be BRIG Brothers, Betty. Hart, Mailer. If application is iriade i mamma ‘ y.—She will take a h reig .t for Europe.—Apply to the Mailer on hoard, or to B.ORDMANfcf HILLS. Savannah, 25th March, 1796. For BOSTON:’ §Fhe SAVANNAH PACKET , Brig ELIZA , 1 Capt. DON HAM, lying at Mr. John Moore's Wharf, will fail with all . poftihle difpatclg for Freight or Passage—-Apply to the Matter on board or Belcher & Dickinjon. Savannah, April 14, 1796. Twenty Dollars Reward . t ABSENTED him fell'from , the Subscribers employ, a Negro Fellow, named Isaac, well known in and about Sa vannah, has his country marks on eaca cheek. The above Reward will be given to any person de livering laid fellow to the fubferiber. JOHN EPPINGER. Savannah, April 12. u. REASON and TRUEII impartial guide the way. FRIDAY, April 22, 179 6. New Expedition Line . HTHE Stage will start from Au- X gufta on Wednci'day the 20th of April, for Savannah, and will arrive on Friday evening : W ill leave Savannah on Sunday morning the 24th, for Au gulia. Nathaniel Twining. Augusta, April 19. ni4~2t Mr. T ESS I_E,1 _ E, SURGEON & DENTIST, GIVES notice to the Pub;:c, that he plugs and deans Teeth, a sets falfe ones.—Should aifo, any , erfon want to buy excellent OPIATE, to whiten Teeth, and keep them from de cay, please to call at his lodging;, at Mr. Tier’s, Yannacrau. Savannah, April 19. ii.l4.pt. FOR S A LE, A Stout NEGR J , ahoy.. 26 years old fit for an Augusta Boat, or coasting vefiel. Enquire at the Prin ters. March 19. *lll4—2t. Edward Griffith, Watch-Maker y (on the Bay) MOST refpettfully informs his CUS TOMERS, that he has received per the Brig Apolio ; a Handsome Ajjortment oj jewellery. Savannah, April 19. FOR SALE, SUGAR in Hhds. and Barrels, Belt Green COFFEE, By BORDMAN & HILLS. Savannah, March 28, 1796. I AM IN WANT OF 4 or 5 NEGRO BOYS , ‘W LEVEN,twelve or 13 years old,on X— i Hire, tor whom, I will pay the ulual or cuitomary Wages, monthly or quarterly, as may best suit the owners. B. PUTNAM. March 19th, 1796. Five Dollars Reward. RAN-away from the Subscriber, on the Bth instant, a Mulatto BO Y, named 1 om } 19 years old, and about ? tect high, had a fear or two in his face. Whoever will lodge him in the common goal in Savannah, shall have the above reward. JOSEPH R. DOPSON. Monteeth, April 11. (n. 13.) I''he Subscriber intends beingabfent fome months from the State, begs tliofe indebted to him to make im mediate payment to MeflYs. IVm. Mein'j and Charles Hants , who are his Attor nies. ROBERT MACICAY. Savannah, April 15. (0.13.31.) Those indebted to Charles Roberts &; Cos. ARE informed the bocks and papers of that concern, are now in the hands ot Ok etnas Ciblons , Bfy with whom fcttlements are requeued to be made. ROBERT MACKAY. Savannah, April 15. (n. 13.31.) Georgia, 11. } By Noble Jones, Regijiet of (L.S.) > Probate, jor the County of Cam- N. JONES. ) den in the State aforefuid. WHEREAS, John Jamufon and Richard Gafcoigne, Elquires, hath made appli ca; i<>n to me for Letters of Administration on the Eilate of John Mason (formerly of this County) deceased. These are therefare to cite and ad inoniih all and Angular the Kindred and Cre ditors of laid deceafcd, to be, and appear be fore meat my Office in the town of St. Marys, on or before the 12th day of May next, to fnew cause if any they have, why Letters ot Admin iitration should not be granted them. Given under my hand and leal at St. Marys, this 31st day of March, 1796, in the 2Cth year ot the J ndependancc or America. Savannah, April 12, 1796. ni2.nt. CASH paid for RAGS at this OFFICE, JTor tfje Columbian fßufctmu To the PEOPLE. The following Numbers are addrcjfed to the people, for it is they who are inte rrjifd. 3 he author has attempt.i to. point out events that may transpire , by loaning recourse to thoje that have taken place, u: limes that arc pajl. WARREN. No. I. Apcrfcft knowledge of government cannot be acquired by the man who lives in a retired station of life ; it he has ev en powers Os mind and inclina tion, it is a sanctuary into which he is not permitted to enter But the effects produced by that government, he feels, ; n 1 it is one of his molt sacred rights to n eftigate thecaufes that produce them. If err r , appear in the fundamental laws of 9 u gove rnment, it is one of the du ties which the civil compact iays us under, to reveal tho.c errors, that future legtflators may amend them. All en lightened legislatures have diftribtiteci the Supreme power into three branches : 1 he power creating the law—the power judging of the law—and the power exe cuting the law from thisdivilion, it will at once appear, that encroachments upon the retained rights of the people can only be made by the legiftative and execu tive departments : If the legislature of a country, attempts a controul upon.the judiciary, that freedom which is the ve ry life or jultice is loft, tnofe firm and invariable principles which dignify the jurifpruder.ee of a country, give way to tranlient rules of conduct which are formed one year, and which are suspend ed or repealed the next, the judiciary bee o:t.cs dependent upon die legislature, the whole power of the one being merged in that of the other. Thcconttitution is then aftedled, as one of its constituent parts is destroyed—this defeat in the constitution is soon felt by the laws— the great end for which men united in civil society remains unfulfilled, the equal distribution of justice ; more bane ful efteds than even those arise from an interference of the executive, with the judiciary : W henever these powers unite, the laws err on the oppoiite extreme; initead of wanting energy, they become rigorous to a degree bordering upon deipotifm. ThisTs the firit blow lev elled at the rights of the people, general liberty can only beefteded by w ounding individual security. It is a painful but a just: reftedion, that almost every nation has in its turn enjoyed the blefiings of liberty, and a gain funk into iervitude. if we invefti gatc the causes which produce this effect, we will find them originating in the habits of men. A nation long luffering under the hand of opprelfion and of pov erty, at length breaks those chains by which it was bound. Wealth will fol low’ freedom were she to retreat to the mountains of Nova-Zembla.—'This wealth which arises from all men, being permitted to follow that profettion that xs moll congenial to their wishes, and which offers the greaielt means of en riching thcmfelves, soon produces luxu ry ; the mind becomes enfeebled as well as the body, under its influence ; the child that has been nursed in the lap of extravagance, is a stranger to those mafeuline virtues which dignity the man. Liberty ceases to be that flrong im pelling principle of adion, to that, suc ceeds a love of riches. I he tyrannies of Tarquin gave free dom to Rome, the conquest of the Ball, a nd the introdudion of affluence, brought on a heavier load of servitude than that she had thrown off.—lf we trace up the tide of time, we shall find the fame causes producing the fame effeds, in every na tion, that has ever experienced them— Athens once the admiration of the world, can now call up no sensation to the mind but that of pity—we may trace her mouldered wails, but we can no longer foe her citizens—the voice of her ora tors and her poets have ceased, hermaf ters have changed, but she has fullered equally from the defpotifrn of Alexan der, to that of the Grand Turk. In more modem times, Holland is a fpedacle that should reuse the American mind; flic had experienced ever fed, that could flow from the slavery ; she had seen her wealth torn from her ; Ihe lias leen her citizens mur der by theufands, by a bigoted clergy, am. by an infatuated prince. At length the people awoke, they were led to con t nett and togion by William of Orange, and by Prir.cc Maurice—As will ever lie the case, the exertions of a nation struggling lor liberty were crowned withfuccefs ; and Holland after expe riencing the vicissitudes of War, for near eighty years, at length became in dependent and free. Here it mutt bo observed, that this very Prince Maurice, the delender of his country, whenfeven ty years of age, attempted to subvert that liberty to which he had aided in giving birth. Holland enjoyed for a little, the freedom which the had so •nearly purchased; during this time, her maritime influence was great, beyond defeription; her power led die way to her rum—the riches of the Fait corrupt ed the morals of her citizens ; and they became the Haves of the Orange family : religious perfections guided our fathers to America; they peopled these uncul tivated regions ; for a time necessity con-.; died them to submit to the govern ment of that country from whence they had fled : but grovvi: g ftrongcr, they contemned the idea A a fmali island giving laws to a great nation ; they determined rone independent, and they were so. The people of the United States, by this event, left at liberty to form for thcmfelves, what government appeared to them best, as they had been taught the Wghtsof Men : In the hard field of adversity/ they determined to form for thcmfelves a Confutation that should insure to all its members aa equality of rights. I will not fay any thing against this Constitution, as it came from the hand of its makers, and so far as it afiefted the present genera tion, the Constitution of 1787, was cal culated to ccnfolitute tlie different gov ernments ; Perhaps human forelight would not have gone further, in blend ing the mutual wants and mutual wiihes est these governments, than this constitu tion went. When our representatives assembled for the purpose of forming fundamental laws of government, they had no lights to direct them, but thatofreafon—Spe culative opinions they might have gone upon, these however they rejeded— Great Britain appeared to be that go vernment, that best merited their atten tion, and after her did they copy. The jurisprudence of Great-Britain, is _to be admixed, ages have been adding wisdom to this fabric—but she has no pofitiye rule of government. A Wilks can give weight to the popular scale A Pitt can with impunity depress the people. Yet too many prejudices have been borrowed from this ration—(lie has an hereditary monarch, Our re presentatives would fcloath our executive with a power almpft equal. Many sup pose that lie who is a: present at the head ot the United Government, would, abuse no power that could be reposed in him. We may refpebt his character, but we should love our country and her liberty; far more. A constitution should guard against the vices, not make al lowances for the virtues of men. If the now President., is just as he is great, his fuccefior may not be equally so. The constitution should be that rock against which the paifions of men might roil in vain. WARREN; LONDON, February 13. The afpeft of affairs on the continent has recently been so warlike—the pre parations for renewing hcftilitics hate been made fer fome time patl with such activity and vigor, that no one enter tained any idea of peace, and all rherc fore were astonished at the event of a preliminary convention for a general peace having been concluded between the Emperor and the 1* tench Republic. Doubt is nearly allied to after:ifh meat, and hence vnany perf.ms, after ha. mg declared their furpri/c at the event, ex prefted doubts whether any such event had taken place. These doubts rest oa the foil.whig foundation;